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      <h1><a href="index-2.html#NTFS" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/index.html#NTFS">NTFS</a> Documentation: Symbolic Link <a href="attribute.html" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/attribute.html">Attribute</a></h1>

      <h2>Interest</h2>
      <a href="index-2.html#NTFS" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/index.html#NTFS">NTFS</a> doesn't manage <a href="glossary.html#POSIX" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/glossary.html#POSIX">POSIX</a> symbolic links. Neithertheless, this <a href="attribute.html" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/attribute.html">file attribute</a> let us think that <a href="index-2.html#NTFS" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/index.html#NTFS">NTFS</a> will manage symbolic links (or reparse point, in <a href="javascript:if(confirm('http://www.microsoft.com/  \n\nThis file was not retrieved by Teleport Pro, because it is addressed on a domain or path outside the boundaries set for its Starting Address.  \n\nDo you want to open it from the server?'))window.location='http://www.microsoft.com/'" tppabs="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> terminology) in <a href="javascript:if(confirm('http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/  \n\nThis file was not retrieved by Teleport Pro, because it is addressed on a domain or path outside the boundaries set for its Starting Address.  \n\nDo you want to open it from the server?'))window.location='http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/'" tppabs="http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/">Windows NT&reg;</a> 5.0, like all modern Unix&reg; <a href="glossary.html#Filesystem" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/glossary.html#Filesystem">filesystem</a>s (e.g. Ext2, the <a href="javascript:if(confirm('http://www.linux.org/  \n\nThis file was not retrieved by Teleport Pro, because it is addressed on a domain or path outside the boundaries set for its Starting Address.  \n\nDo you want to open it from the server?'))window.location='http://www.linux.org/'" tppabs="http://www.linux.org/">Linux</a> <a href="glossary.html#Filesystem" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/glossary.html#Filesystem">filesystem</a>) do.
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      <h2>Questions</h2>
      What is the role and the layout of the <a href="attribute.html#stream" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/attribute.html#stream">stream</a> of this <a href="attribute.html" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/~regis/ntfs/new/attribute.html">file attribute</a>?
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      <address><a href="mailto:regis@via.ecp.fr">Regis Duchesne</a> at <a href="javascript:if(confirm('http://www.via.ecp.fr/  \n\nThis file was not retrieved by Teleport Pro, because it is addressed on a domain or path outside the boundaries set for its Starting Address.  \n\nDo you want to open it from the server?'))window.location='http://www.via.ecp.fr/'" tppabs="http://www.via.ecp.fr/">VIA</a>, <a href="javascript:if(confirm('http://www.ecp.fr/  \n\nThis file was not retrieved by Teleport Pro, because it is addressed on a domain or path outside the boundaries set for its Starting Address.  \n\nDo you want to open it from the server?'))window.location='http://www.ecp.fr/'" tppabs="http://www.ecp.fr/">ECP</a>, France</address>
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